Ilgar Rustamov to join Philip Morris. 

Forex software provider Boston Technologies (see them in LeapRate's Forex Industry Report) today announced the addition of an FX options trading solution, developed in partnership with FX Bridge. It certainly seems as though Forex brokerage firms, as well as those leading software companies which serve them, are banking on increased FX options trading in the future.…

eForex Volumes up 7%

Leading Swiss online trading firm Swissquote (a member of LeapRate's Approved List of Forex firms) reported today strong results for the third quarter of 2011 with:

Per Felix Shipkevich at his CFTCLaw blog, the NFA has finalized several proposed amendments to rules governing forex dealer members ("FDM"s), including new rules on daily, monthly and quarterly reports whcih FDMs must now make to the NFA. For more details see https://www.cftclaw.com/2011/10/nfa-finalizes-forex-amendments/.

Gain Capital (Forex.com) announced its Q3 results late last week, confirming what we have seen from other firms such as FXCM and FxPro – trading volumes were way, way up during Q3, in the wake of tremendous volatility in both the FX and equity markets. However, Gain's Q3 report did include some surprises, including:

... also a new website, and launch of the Forex Yellow Pages and Forex Exec Search

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Estimated Valuation for FXall of $400 million

Institutional Forex ECN FXall (or more formally, FX Alliance Inc.) filed yesterday for an IPO and a public listing of its common shares. FXall bills itself as "the leading independent global provider of electronic foreign exchange trading solutions, with over 1,000 institutional clients worldwide."

FXCM shares traded down 13% on Thursday after the company reported its results for the third quarter. (And this on a day when the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up nearly 1%).

Focus will be on ensuring proper separation and segregation of client funds.

The NFA significantly raises the fixed fee portion of its members' dues.